Re: TIP OF THE DAY quick & dirty html text

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 58016
interpreted = N
texte = At 2:00 AM -0700 5/25/04, Donovan Brooke wrote: >I think *we* could do this rather than SMSI... I agree; it's the USERS that generally have the best tips to offer. Here's a quick, simple one that comes in handy sometimes: [convertchars][include sometextthatsnotworthcreatingadbfor.txt][/convertchars] Throw that in a simple webpage all by itself, or as a part of a full fledged page, and you have instant html. I have a custom db called allowhtml.db that doesn't convert the <> chars; I use that so I can add a few rudimentary tags like in above text file, or possibly a link. But that's it. I let convertchars take care of the line breaks (especially), curly quotes, em dashes, etc. Terry ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: TIP OF THE DAY quick & dirty html text ( Terry Wilson 2004)
At 2:00 AM -0700 5/25/04, Donovan Brooke wrote: >I think *we* could do this rather than SMSI... I agree; it's the USERS that generally have the best tips to offer. Here's a quick, simple one that comes in handy sometimes: [convertchars][include sometextthatsnotworthcreatingadbfor.txt][/convertchars] Throw that in a simple webpage all by itself, or as a part of a full fledged page, and you have instant html. I have a custom db called allowhtml.db that doesn't convert the <> chars; I use that so I can add a few rudimentary tags like in above text file, or possibly a link. But that's it. I let convertchars take care of the line breaks (especially), curly quotes, em dashes, etc. Terry ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Terry Wilson

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